"of police officers drink there. In ""Dirty Work: Ian Rankin and John Rebus Book-By-Book"", Ray Dexter and Nadine Carr note that the Oxford Bar would be an improbable local for Rebus due to its geographical location. Other visitors to the bar have included actor Sean Connery and author Colin Dexter. Quintin Jardine's 2009 Bob Skinner novel, ""Fatal Last Words"", also mentions the Oxford Bar considerably, again due to the connection with the local police force drinking there. There are a few other nods to Rankin too. The Oxford Bar The Oxford Bar is a public house situated on Young Street,"
"John Rebus Detective Inspector John Rebus is the protagonist in the Inspector Rebus series of detective novels by the Scottish writer Ian Rankin, ten of which have so far been televised as ""Rebus"". The novels are mostly set in and around Edinburgh. Rebus has been portrayed by John Hannah and Ken Stott for Television, with Ron Donachie playing the character for the BBC Radio dramatisations. According to Ian Rankin, John Rebus was born in 1947 and grew up in a pre-fabricated house in Craigmead Terrace, Cardenden, Fife (Rankin's home town), the son of a stage hypnotist. His grandfather was an"
"local bars have lost. Originally consisting of a central corridor with rooms to right and left, the corridor has been opened up to the left with an archway into the small stand-up bar but the original form is still clear. It is a Category B listed building. Several Scottish writers and artists are also said to have been patrons of the Oxford Bar, including Sydney Goodsir Smith and Willie Ross. In fact, the pub was first immortalised in Smith's ""Carotid Cornucopius"". Ian Rankin is also a patron of the Oxford Bar, and chose it as Rebus's pub because a lot"
"Inspector Rebus The Inspector Rebus books are a series of detective novels by the Scottish author Ian Rankin. The novels, centred on Detective Inspector John Rebus, are mostly based in and around Edinburgh. The books are written in third person limited omniscient mode, focusing on Rebus, with the point of view sometimes shifting to colleagues, petty criminals or suspects. The stories belong to the genre of police procedural detective fiction, with a hardboiled aspect that has led to them being dubbed 'Tartan Noir'. All the novels involve murders, suspicious deaths or disappearances, with Rebus taking on the task of solving"
"with BBC Radio Scotland, Rankin corrected his interviewer in the description of ""Exit Music"" as not the last Rebus novel, but Rebus's retirement novel. Rankin expects to revisit the Edinburgh he created in fiction, with Clarke as his central police officer character. In the same interview, Rankin suggests several reasons for his creation's popularity, despite the policeman's unlikeability. First, Rebus is an outsider, and many people can feel as though they do not fit in as well as they think they should; secondly, Rebus is a curmudgeon, and there is a pleasure in such characters; and finally, he does not"
"Ian Rankin Ian James Rankin, (born 28 April 1960) is a Scottish crime writer, best known for his Inspector Rebus novels. Rankin was born in Cardenden, Fife. His father, James, owned a grocery shop, and his mother, Isobel, worked in a school canteen. He was educated at Beath High School, Cowdenbeath. His parents were horrified when he then chose to study literature at university, expecting him to study for a trade. Encouraged by his English teacher, he persisted and graduated in 1982 from the University of Edinburgh, where he also worked on a doctorate on Muriel Spark but did not"
"century, who were known as 'resurrectionists' or 'resurrection men'. Resurrection Men Resurrection Men is a 2002 novel by Ian Rankin. It is the thirteenth of the Inspector Rebus novels. It won the Edgar Award for Best Novel in 2004. Detective Inspector John Rebus is thrown off a murder inquiry, just days after the brutal death of an Edinburgh art dealer, for throwing a cup of tea at DCS Gill Templer. He is sent to the Scottish Police College for 'retraining' - this is his 'Last Chance Saloon'. He is put with a team of officers in similar circumstances and together"
"production will be directed by Roxana Silbert and starring Charles Lawson as Inspector Rebus. Inspector Rebus The Inspector Rebus books are a series of detective novels by the Scottish author Ian Rankin. The novels, centred on Detective Inspector John Rebus, are mostly based in and around Edinburgh. The books are written in third person limited omniscient mode, focusing on Rebus, with the point of view sometimes shifting to colleagues, petty criminals or suspects. The stories belong to the genre of police procedural detective fiction, with a hardboiled aspect that has led to them being dubbed 'Tartan Noir'. All the novels"
"Resurrection Men Resurrection Men is a 2002 novel by Ian Rankin. It is the thirteenth of the Inspector Rebus novels. It won the Edgar Award for Best Novel in 2004. Detective Inspector John Rebus is thrown off a murder inquiry, just days after the brutal death of an Edinburgh art dealer, for throwing a cup of tea at DCS Gill Templer. He is sent to the Scottish Police College for 'retraining' - this is his 'Last Chance Saloon'. He is put with a team of officers in similar circumstances and together they are given an unsolved case to work on."
"Strip Jack Strip Jack is a 1992 crime novel by Ian Rankin. It is the fourth of the Inspector Rebus novels. The title refers to the popular card game ""Strip Jack Naked"". A police raid on an Edinburgh brothel captures (seemingly by accident) popular young local MP Gregor Jack. When Jack's fiery wife Elizabeth disappears, and two bodies are found, suspicion falls on a famous local actor Rab Kinnoul. Detective Inspector John Rebus is sympathetic to the MP's problems, and interviews a member of the Jacks' social circle, Andrew MacMillan, who is locked up in a psychiatric hospital after murdering"
"case, as covered in Jean-Xavier Lestrade's documentary series ""Death on the Staircase"". The same year he collaborated with folk musician Jackie Leven on the album ""Jackie Leven Said"". In 2007, Rankin appeared in programmes for BBC Four exploring the origins of his alter-ego character, John Rebus. Titled ""Ian Rankin's Hidden Edinburgh"" and ""Ian Rankin Investigates Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde,"" Rankin looks at the origins of the character and the events that led to his creation. In the TV show """", he takes a trip through Edinburgh with writer/cook Anthony Bourdain. Rankin is the singer in the six-piece band Best"
"Fleshmarket Close Fleshmarket Close is a 2004 crime novel by Ian Rankin, and is named after a real close in Edinburgh between the High Street and Market Street, crossing Cockburn Street. It is the fifteenth of the Inspector Rebus novels. ""Fleshmarket"" is the Scots term for butcher's market. It was released in the US under the title ""Fleshmarket Alley"". The novel was the basis for the second episode in the second ""Rebus"" television series starring Ken Stott which was aired in 2006. Detective Inspector John Rebus has no desk to work from, as a hint from his superiors that he"
"knocked Brian Holmes out. Although he doesn't have any evidence, he does note that she had a motive after the arguments she'd been having with Brian. In the foreword to ""Rebus: The St Leonard Years"", Rankin says the Elvis-themed restaurant was something he'd seen on holiday in America and transplanted in Edinburgh for the story. The Black Book (Rankin novel) The Black Book is a 1993 crime novel by Ian Rankin, the fifth of the Inspector Rebus novels. It is the first book to feature Siobhan Clarke and Morris Gerald Cafferty appears as a main character. It is also the"
"Rebus to resign from the SAS and which spurred a nervous breakdown. Following lobbying from the Army, Rebus was given a position with Lothian and Borders Police in order to recover from the trauma. He went to Summerhall as a detective constable in November 1982 In many of his books Rebus works from the St Leonard's Police Station in Edinburgh. Ian Rankin prefers to leave the physical appearance of his characters to the reader's imagination, although when Rebus is first introduced in ""Knots and Crosses"", we learn that he has brown hair and green eyes, like his brother. His rough"
"area is home to writers Ian Rankin (author of the Inspector Rebus novels), Lin Anderson, Colin Douglas, Alexander McCall Smith (author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency novels) and comedian Dylan Moran. J.K. Rowling had her Edinburgh home in Merchiston for many years but is said to have moved to Cramond. Merchiston was also the childhood home of Scotland and British Lions rugby legends Gavin Hastings and Scott Hastings. Also in the area are a number of independent schools including George Watson's College and a Steiner School. On the fringes of the area where it meets Craiglockhart (to the"
"adaptation of ""Let It Bleed"". Ron Donachie starred as Rebus in BBC Radio 4's dramatizations of ""The Falls"" (2008), ""Resurrection Men"" (2008), ""Strip Jack"" (2010), ""The Black Book"" (2012), ""Black and Blue"" (2013) and ""Rebus Set in Darkness"" (2014). BBC Radio has also broadcast abridged readings of Ian Rankin's ""Rebus"" novels, including ""Let It Bleed"" read by Alexander Morton, ""Death Is Not the End"" read by Douglas Henshall and ""Beggar's Banquet"" read by James MacPherson. John Rebus Detective Inspector John Rebus is the protagonist in the Inspector Rebus series of detective novels by the Scottish writer Ian Rankin, ten of"
"sold it in 2013. Gayfield Square Police station, which is featured in the Inspector Rebus stories written by Edinburgh-based writer Ian Rankin, is located on Gayfield Square in the south east of Broughton. Broughton High School was formerly located in Broughton, but is now located further west in Comely Bank. The Scottish poet Hugh MacDiarmid undertook part of his formal education at Broughton High. Schools still located in Broughton include Drummond Community High School, Broughton Primary School and St Marys RC Primary School. Edinburgh Trams operate services to & from York Place tram stop, near the top of Broughton Street."
"from the ""Hibs firm"" Capital City Service, is struck by lightning while under the influence of LSD in a Pilton park. His soul is then transferred to the body of an unborn child from one of the more affluent areas of Edinburgh. Furthermore, the appearances by Hibs in the 2012 and 2016 Scottish Cup finals are described in Welsh's novels ""A Decent Ride"" and ""Dead Men's Trousers"" respectively. Hibernian are also frequently referred to in the Inspector Rebus series of detective novels by Ian Rankin. Rebus himself is a Raith Rovers fan in the books, but he is a Hibs"
"Hide and Seek (Rankin novel) Hide and Seek is a 1991 crime novel by Ian Rankin. It is the second of the Inspector Rebus novels. This novel is not to be confused with James Patterson's 1996 novel Hide and Seek. Detective Inspector John Rebus finds the body of an overdosed drug addict in an Edinburgh squat, laid out cross-like on the floor, between two burned-down candles, with a five-pointed star painted on the wall above. Some of his colleagues are inclined to categorise it as the routine death of a ""junkie"", but Rebus is perturbed by some unusual facts of"
"Princes Street"" foreword to ""Rebus: The Early Years"", Rankin says this was his second attempt at updating Robert Louis Stevenson's ""Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"" into then-modern Edinburgh (""one reviewer 'got it'""), and with this book he began to like Rebus as a character and thought he could use him as a recurring mouthpiece for stories about his views on Scotland. Hide and Seek (Rankin novel) Hide and Seek is a 1991 crime novel by Ian Rankin. It is the second of the Inspector Rebus novels. This novel is not to be confused with James Patterson's 1996 novel Hide and"
"Scottish traditions of Robert Louis Stevenson and even Muriel Spark. He was disconcerted by their classification as genre fiction. The Scottish novelist Allan Massie, who tutored Rankin while Massie was writer-in-residence at the University of Edinburgh, reassured him by saying, ""Do you think John Buchan ever worried about whether he was writing literature or not?"" Rankin's Inspector Rebus novels are set mainly in Edinburgh. They are considered major contributions to the tartan noir genre. Ten of the novels were adapted as a television series on ITV, starring John Hannah as Rebus in series 1 and 2 and Ken Stott in"
"This included a period during the 1830s cholera epidemic when it was specifically used as a cholera hospital. Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus novel ""Set in Darkness"", first published in 2000 is partly set in Queensberry House during the reconstruction for the new parliament building. The building is famously said to be haunted by the kitchen boy roasted and eaten by James Douglas, the mad Earl of Drumlanrig, in 1707. Queensberry House Queensberry House is a 17th-century Category A listed building in the Canongate, Edinburgh, Scotland, incorporated into the Scottish Parliament complex. It contains the office of the Presiding Officer, two"
"of 1786-87. Arthur Conan Doyle's family lived in this part of Sciennes while he was a boy. Another building of note is the Old Braid Fire Station in former Braid Place, renamed Sciennes Hill Place in 1968. This was one of four fire stations established in the 1820s by Edinburgh's famous firemaster James Braidwood. It is now an architect's office. Nearby, in Causewayside, stands the former 'A' Division Police Station which closed in the early 1980s and has since been converted to apartments. The station is mentioned in an Ian Rankin 'Rebus' novel, as being not far from Marchmont where"
"(which he has named Hank Marvin), which leads to him quitting the cigarettes and the alcohol. Meanwhile, 'Big Ger' Cafferty is ready to make a comeback. Rather Be the Devil Rather Be the Devil is the 21st instalment in the Inspector Rebus series of crime novels, published in November 2016. ""Rather Be the Devil"" topped the bestseller charts for hardback fiction. The title was inspired by a John Martyn song from his 1973 album ""Solid Air"". The novel opens with Rebus and his girlfriend, Deborah Quant (who is the latest pathologist in Edinburgh) dining in a restaurant. Rebus is reminded"
"three of the Scottish book sculptures, which are on display in its main foyer. The sculptures were the work of an anonymous artist who left these artworks among a series of other in literary venues during the Edinburgh International Book Festival in 2011. The sculptures in the collection depict a magnifying glass, a teacup and a small figure ‘lost in a book’. Edinburgh Central Library was used as a filming location for the TV series Rebus, during episode one Black & Blue. Outside building shots were taken and as well as a scene in the reference section. Central Library, Edinburgh"
"Rather Be the Devil Rather Be the Devil is the 21st instalment in the Inspector Rebus series of crime novels, published in November 2016. ""Rather Be the Devil"" topped the bestseller charts for hardback fiction. The title was inspired by a John Martyn song from his 1973 album ""Solid Air"". The novel opens with Rebus and his girlfriend, Deborah Quant (who is the latest pathologist in Edinburgh) dining in a restaurant. Rebus is reminded of the death in 1978 of Maria Turquand in the Caledonian hotel which is adjacent to the restaurant. DI Malcolm Fox is at Gartcosh where Police"
"The Black Book (Rankin novel) The Black Book is a 1993 crime novel by Ian Rankin, the fifth of the Inspector Rebus novels. It is the first book to feature Siobhan Clarke and Morris Gerald Cafferty appears as a main character. It is also the first book where Rebus is based at St Leonards police station. Rebus finds himself with a number of problems on his hands. His wayward brother, Michael, has returned to Edinburgh in need of accommodation - with only the box-room in Rebus's flat available. While out drinking, he meets an old army friend, Deek Torrance, who"
"hostile to the idea of ""working men"" having improved pubs and encouraged them to make home and family the focus of their leisure time. As well as Jayne's association which had 130 establishments, there was a similar ""Gothenburg-inspired"" group called the Central Public House Trust Association which owned about 250 ""trust houses"" in England and Wales by 1914. The Number One Goth in Cardenden was referenced by Ian Rankin as the first pub in which his character John Rebus bought a round of drinks. Parts of Irvine Welsh's novella ""Kingdom of Fife"" are set in the New Goth in Cowdenbeath."
"the series is the continual linking between the books. This may be in reference to background, previous cases and storylines, or through the characters Rebus encounters, for example, the notorious Edinburgh crime lord 'Big Ger' Cafferty. Rankin does this in such a way that reading them in order, a prior knowledge of the Rebus 'history' is not required. Everything is explained in enough detail in order not to confuse new readers, but does not become repetitive for extensive readers of the series. Rebus is an old-fashioned man who bottles things up and lets them affect his personal life. Apart from"
"the mystery. The resulting investigation (or investigations) depict a stark, uncompromising picture of Scotland, characterised by corruption, poverty, and organised crime. Along the way, Rebus has to struggle with internal police politics, a struggle exacerbated by his tendency to bend the rules and ignore his superiors. He also has to deal with his own personal issues, which are often directly or indirectly related to the current investigation, risking further friction with his colleagues. Rankin has won critical praise for his elaborate and inventive plots. In particular, the later books have multiple plotlines encompassing dozens of distinctive characters and locations. These"
"Beggars Banquet (book) Beggars Banquet is the second collection of short stories by crime writer Ian Rankin, which features 21 stories written between 1991 and 2000 and previously published in crime anthologies and magazines. Seven are Inspector Rebus stories. Rankin says in the Introduction ""I tend to write short stories in between books, as a way of getting the good Inspector out of my system for a while."" Another, ""A Deep Hole"", was originally set in Edinburgh, but was ""tweaked"" and set in London for a 1999 volume ""London Noir"". The story """"Herbert in Motion"""" is concerned with the theft"
"The Naming of the Dead The Naming of the Dead is a crime novel by Ian Rankin. It is the sixteenth of the Inspector Rebus novels. It is set in Edinburgh in July 2005, in the week of the G8 summit in Gleneagles. An underlying thread throughout the book is that of familial relationships; the book opens with Detective Inspector John Rebus attending the funeral of his brother Michael, who has died suddenly from a stroke. The parents of Detective Sergeant Siobhan Clarke arrive in Edinburgh as part of the protests, demonstrations, and scuffles that surrounded the G8 summit at"
"entry in particular catches his interest. Five years ago, a mysterious fire burned Edinburgh's seedy Central Hotel down. Although all the staff and customers were accounted for, an unidentified body was found in the remains. The entry in the black book talks about a poker game that took place on the night the fire happened. However, it is written in cryptic shorthand, with obscure nicknames instead of the real names of the poker players. Rebus's first action is to discuss the autopsy of the unidentified body with the pathologist Dr Curt, who still remembers it in grisly detail. The autopsy"